Railway appliance.



F. l. STHOMENGER.

RAILWAY APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED III/III. I. 191s.

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:FRANK I. STROMENGER, 0F VILLA PARK, NEW JERSEY.

RAILWAY APPLIANCE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented @et 2d, 19165.

l Application filed March 1, 1916. Serial No. 81,459.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK l. STROMEN- GER, a citizen. of the UnitedStates, residing at Villa Park, in the county of Monmouth, State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailwayAppliances; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in railway appliances, andparticularly to railway ties and fasteners.

Une object of the present invention is to provide a novel device forsupporting the rails of a railway, which will take the place of theordinary wooden ties, and not be subject to any great deterioration.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is of suchsimple construction that the whole structure can be quickly and easilyset in position to effectively support the rails. l

Other objects and advantages will be apl parent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the drawing.

In the drawing: Figure l is a side elevation of mv improvedrai] supportand fasaccompanying -tening; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3

is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l; Fig. l is ahorizontal section on the line lf-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing. the support consistsof a plurality of superimposed sections l0, 11 and l2, each of which ismolded in any suitable manner from concrete and has formed in its upperand lower faces the transverse intersecting grooves 13 for the receptionof the binding material which is inserted between the several sectionsin assembling the supports. Preferably the supports are made in a numberof sections, as indicated, for convenience in handling and are removableat the point of use. The binding material may be any suitable mortar ingeneral use,

the filling of the mortar into the grooves 13 properly keying theseveral sections of the supports together. Formed vertically through allof the sections are openings 14: through which are disposed the verticalbolts l5, the lower ends of the bolts passing through a metal plate 16on which the bottom section l2 rests. Mounted on the top of theuppermost section is a cap plate 17 which is formed with the dependingsurrounding Hange 1S engaging with lthe sides of the upper section.Formed through the cap plate are openings 19 which aline with theopenings of the sections and receive the upper ends of the boltsJtherethrough. The rail 20 is disposed on the cap plate and is held inplace by the clamp plates 2l which are also apertured to receive theupper ends of the bolts. Nuts 22 are engaged on the upper ends of thebolts above the clamp plates and thus hold all of the parts together andthe rail 0n the top thereof. These supports are sunken into the groundin parallel rows so as to properly support and space the rails from eachother. The supports may be buried in the ground to any depth desired,and the sections may be increased or decreased as found convenient, sothat the rails canA be supported at any height above the ground orapproximately on a level with the ground.

What is claimed is A rail support, comprising in combination a pluralityof concrete sections providing a pedestal. opposing faces of saidsections having key grooves formed therein, and successive sectionsbeing shaped to provide a constant taper to the pedestal, a base plate,a cap plate and tie rods passing through all of said sections and saidbase and cap plates.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK 1. srnoMENenn.

Witnesses:

JAMES P. VAN Sor-1010K, C. HENRY CRAIG.

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